<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><p class="MsoNormal">The weekly PowerPoint presentations summarizing the recent
variability of the global monsoon systems have been updated on the CPC Global
Monsoons website: <br>
<a href="http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/Global_Monsoons/Global-Monsoon.shtml">http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/Global_Monsoons/Global-Monsoon.shtml</a>
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<b>HIGHLIGHTS:<span></span></b></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>African Monsoons:<span></span></b></p>

<p class="gmail-m-8666706670724654892gmail-msolistparagraph" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Rainfall was above-average over
many places in the Central Africa. In contrast, suppressed rainfall prevailed
in the Lake Victoria region.<span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-m-8666706670724654892gmail-msolistparagraph" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Week-1 outlooks call for an increased chance for
below-average rainfall over<span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span><span lang="DE">Guinea-Bissau,
eastern Senegal, southwestern Mali, northern Guinea-Conakry,<span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span></span>southern Cote d’Ivoire, southern Ghana, and central
DRC. In contrast, there is an increased chance for above-average rainfall over
much of Nigeria, northeastern DRC, southern South Sudan, and western Uganda.<span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Asian-Australian
Monsoons:<span></span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10pt;line-height:115%">For the past
90 days, below normal rainfall deficits remain in general over parts of
Afghanistan, Pakistan, southcentral India, south Korea, Japan, Papa New Guinea,
and large parts of Australia. During same period, rainfall excess is noted over
northeastern India, Bangladesh, and many southeast Asian countries. For the
past 30 days  near normal rainfall
situation is noted over India and Australia, where (in Australia) where the
longer term rainfall deficits remain. Deficits also remain over eastern China, south
Korea, and Japan.<span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10pt;line-height:115%">In this past
week, the observed rainfall amounts have generally been well below normal over
eastern China. The India Met. Dept. has announced the southwest summer monsoon
of 2017 has begin onset over Kerala today (May 30^th). It also said
that the monsoon has also advanced into some areas of northeastern states in
India. In the next couple of weeks the NCEP GFS model is predicting below
normal rainfall for much of the region except over Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and
vicinity.<span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>South American
Monsoons:<span></span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal">There will be no update this week.<span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal">*For questions or comments, please contact: <span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><br>
<a href="mailto:Endalkachew.Bekele@noaa.gov">Endalkachew.Bekele@noaa.gov</a> (for the African monsoons)<span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:Muthuvel.Chelliah@noaa.gov">Muthuvel.Chelliah@noaa.gov</a>
 (for Asian-Australian monsoons)<span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:Wei.Shi@noaa.gov">Wei.Shi@noaa.gov</a> 
(for American monsoons and for general issues about the CPC Global Monsoons
products)<span></span></p></div><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div><font face="verdana,sans-serif">------------------------------------------------</font><br></div>Dr. Muthuvel Chelliah, eMail: <a href="mailto:Muthuvel.Chelliah@noaa.gov" target="_blank">Muthuvel.Chelliah@noaa.gov</a><br></div>Rm. 3008, Climate Prediction Center, Ph: (301) 683-3393<br></div>NCEP/NWS/NOAA/U.S.Dept.of Commerce,<br></div>5830, University Research Court, NCWCP,<br></div>College Park, MD 20740<br></div></div></div>
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